acidus

I've heard that Microsoft is hiring Go developers. I personally find working for Microsoft very interesting (Azure in particular) and I can write Go but I'm far from being an expert. I'm still learning, every day (I guess this applies to everyone else). I'm highly motivated and I am a fast learner but I don't think I can be compared to engineers like Aaron Schlesinger, Brian Ketelsen, Ashley McNamara, etc...

All the new hires are amazing, I really respect them. But I'm not as good as them. Should I still try to apply or maybe I shouldn't bother? I want a change in my career. I'm looking for an environment where there is a lot of talented people that I can learn from, and I want to work for a company that invests their time in making me a better developer. I work for a small company that struggles to find talent because they don't have enough money to attract it.

Thank you!

I'm trying to rewrite something from scratch and I'm not finding it easy at all. I'm supposed to be doing this for fun but I'm struggling quite a lot. I kind of enjoy it, don't get me wrong, I love programming - but I also feel the pain.

Most of the times I don't experience this feeling. But it happens consistently when I'm facing a tough problem that it's a bit over my head.

Why is this happening? Do you have any tip to overcome it? Hard problems should be fun to solve, not the opposite.

This is not new to me. I remember I had a similar issue in school. It feels that at some point my cognitive capacity hits the wall and anxiety kicks in.